Refereeing Joe v. Patty

By Frank Mariani

Special to the Express

Into the chasm between St. Patrick and St. Joseph rides a cartoonist.

I’m only a casual college basketball fan, so I don’t pay too much attention to the annual NCAA basketball tournament. Aside from acknowledging March’s wild weather fluctuations, the dates for St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) and St. Joseph’s Day (March 19) are what my mental calendar shows for the waning days of Winter.

This cartoon was a non-political editorial cartoon in 2024, tabbed under “Canal Sludge”, where I occasionally dip into my cobwebbed collection of artsy things to show you like a cat who presents a dead mouse.

It’s been many years since I had a neighbor who celebrated St. Joseph’s Day with a wonderful, delicious table of meatless treats. There were eggplant-based goodies, fishy things whose names I have forgotten, and delicious homemade breads, sweet and not so sweet, and desserts … oh, the desserts!

Here’s an overview of this oft-overlooked Italian holiday. Mangia!  https://frankmarianidesign.substack.com/